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2Blades Delivers on Project with Bayer Crop Science to Combat Asian Soybean Rust

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Evanston, St. Louis, & Norwich, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 2Blades announces that it has successfully delivered on goals in a project launched in 2018 and extended in 2023 with Bayer Crop Science to identify resistance genes against Asian Soybean Rust (ASR).

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  • Evanston, St. Louis, & Norwich, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 2Blades announces that it has successfully delivered on goals in a project launched in 2018 and extended in 2023 with Bayer Crop Science to identify resistance genes against Asian Soybean Rust (ASR).
  • The project also involved partners at The Sainsbury Laboratory (Norwich, UK) and the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (Minas Gerais, Brazil).
  • "Asian soybean rust is one of the most significant threats to soybean production globally,” said Ty Vaughn, Head of Plant Biotechnology for Bayer Crop Science.
  • In search of more effective measures against ASR, 2Blades and Bayer Crop Science sought to identify novel sources of genetic resistance for sustainable and environmentally friendly protection from ASR.

DGAP-News: Results for the year ended 31 December 2021

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Saturday, May 14, 2022

Sales in USA corn were up 133% in 2021, driven by strong demand for the Group's Harpin seed treatment product.

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  • Sales in USA corn were up 133% in 2021, driven by strong demand for the Group's Harpin seed treatment product.
  • Sales of Harpin for PHC in Brazil sugarcane grew 108% even under challenging drought conditions in 2021.
  • Sugar cane growers experienced extreme drought during the 2021 growing season which reduced yield by more than 13%.
  • 2021 sales in the EMEAA region were up 31% with growth in Spain and the UK.